Home / Calendar of Events / The Fate of Liberalism in the Rising Tide of Authoritarianism: A Conversation with Rajan Menon and Eric Weitz, moderated by Kathy McDonald /

The Fate of Liberalism in the Rising Tide of Authoritarianism: A Conversation with Rajan Menon and Eric Weitz, moderated by Kathy McDonald

The Fate of Liberalism in the Rising Tide of Authoritarianism: A Conversation with Rajan Menon and Eric Weitz, moderated by Kathy McDonald

Start:

Mon, Apr 23, 2018

Mon, Apr 23, 2018

Event Time:

06:30 PM to 08:00 PM

Event Address:

25 Broadway, 7th floor

Location:

Center for Worker Education

Phone Number:

212-925-6625

Admission Fee:

FREE

Event Details:

The world is witnessing a global slide backward on human rights. Freedom House has even proclaimed that 2017 marked the twelfth year of a continuous decline in freedom worldwide and the most serious crisis for democracy in decades. With the United States retreating from its commitment to a liberal order, the rise of far-right parties in Europe and elsewhere, and the increasing influence of authoritarian Russia and China on the world stage, the fate of human rights norms hangs in the balance. Prestigious CCNY faculty members Rajan Menon and Eric Weitz engage in open conversation, with CWE Chair Kathy McDonald moderating, on the fate of the postwar liberal order in the face of such trends.

Rajan Menon holds the Anne and Bernard Spitzer Chair in International Relations at the City College of New York/City University of New York and is Senior Research Scholar at the Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies at Columbia University. His most recent books include Ukraine in Conflict: The Unwinding of the Cold War Order (MIT Press, 2015), coauthored with Eugene B. Rumer; and The Conceit of Humanitarian Intervention (Oxford University Press, 2016).

Eric D. Weitz is Distinguished Professor of History and the former Dean of Humanities and Arts at The City College of New York, CUNY. He also teaches at CUNY's Graduate Center. His most recent books include: Weimar Germany: Promise and Tragedy (2007; second expanded edition 2013; third edition 2018); and A Century of Genocide: Utopias of Race and Nation (2003; reprint with new foreword 2014), all with Princeton University Press.